Hi there friends, it's Shanna Noel here! I wanted to share with you a fun technique for making a cute little prayer journal! Janel Mclean actually showed me how to make these and now I love making them for any occasion! My youngest, Addison LOVES journals and when I asked if she would like a prayer journal she literally flipped! She was so excited!
I pulled some of my favorite papers from the Whatever is Lovely collection and cut them down to 6x12. What is nice about that is you can get two from one piece of paper. For this journal I made 6 (6xx12) pieces. Then I also took white cardstock and cut it down to 6x11. You will need as many of the white papers as the pattern papers (so in this case 6).
Once you have all the papers cut you are going to fold the 6x12 papers in 1/2 created 6 cute little booklets.
Now this part seems a little odd but I promise it will turn out great! You are going to tape the ends of the white paper to the ends of the pattern paper so that it kinda makes a diamond shape when you lay it on the table. This will allow our spine to not be as thick and will also allow the pattern paper to peek out when you turn the pages which is always fun!
Once you have all of your booklets stack them on top of each other in the order you want them to appear in the book, keeping in mind how the text is reading and what you want as the front cover and back cover. *Note: don't nestle the books in each other, stack them on top of each other, and we will stick them together in the next step*
Now we are going to make a book out of these little cuties using what I call a "washi tape hinge". So you are going to lay the cover booklet and the second booklet flat on the table next to each other and simply lay the washi there right in the place they meet, and snip off the extra with your scissors.
You are going to flip that page over as if you were turning the page and put the next booklet right next to it in the same fashion, again connecting them with the washi tape. You are going to continue doing this until all of your pages are connected in a book.
For the outside binding you are going to use that washi tape again and place a piece of washi there on the binding and fold it over. In my small book this covers almost the whole binding but I go ahead and do this same technique from both sides to give it a really strong binding.
WAHOOO you are done! Now is the fun part! At stickers, washi, paint etc. to really customize it to your own look! Once you are done, give it to a friend, or keep it for yourself to keep all your prayers documented!
Thank you so much for stopping by the Bella blog today! Make it an amazing day!
Loveeeeeee this!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | October 27, 2015 at 08:00 AM
oh wow!! Definitively love this, and will be making some!!! \TFS!
Posted by: Laura Turcotte | October 27, 2015 at 08:28 AM